Scraper.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907,

B. R. WHEELER.

SGRAPER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SCRAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed, May 14,1906. Serial N0. 316.890-

.l'o all w/wm/ it 7714.07 concern:

Be it known that I, BARZILLA R. WHEELER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Scrapers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a scraper by means of which the earth thrown out of a trench may be filled back into the trench thereby and also a scraper by means of which land may be leveled; and the object thereof is to produce a scraper of simple construction and easily operated for that purpose. I accomplish this object by the scraper described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view from the front of my improved scraper. Fig. 2 is a perspective rear view, somewhat enlarged, parts being broken away, of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the attaching-hooks.

In the drawings the body of the scraper is preferably made of a concave sheet of steel 4, which is secured to the back 5, preferably of wood, by bolts 6, the heads of which are countersunk in the face. If cheapness of construction is desired, the body could be made of wood with steel reinforcements at the edges and ends. To the center of the back is secured a rearwardly-extending back Web 7, to which is pivotally secured the guiding and steadying frame 8, which is adjusted to different angles by the adjusting-bar 9, one end of which is detachably secured to the guiding-frame and the other end pivotally secured to the back Web 7. At each end of the back web and passing therethrough and extending over and downwardly and in front of the face are the traction-hooks 10 and 11, which have holes 12 in the end that projects through the back web for the reception of pins 13, which secure said hooks in place therein. For convenience these pins are secured to the back web by chains 14, so that they may not be lost. In the other end of these' attaching-hooks are holes 15 for the reception of clevises 16. The clevis at the end of attaching-hook 10 provides means for hitching the horses to that end of the scraper. The clevis at the end of hook 11 is provided with a chain 17, to which is'secured a clevis 18, which last clevis secures a pull-bar 19 when the scraper is being used for filling earth into a ditch or trench, as hereinafter explained. The inner end of the pull-bar is secured by clevis 20, chain 21, and clevis 22 to the attaching-hook 10, at theback thereof. On the outer end of the pull-bar is a clevis 23, which provides means for hitching the horses to that end of the pull-bar.

When my scraper is used for filling dirt into a trench, one or more horses are hitched to attaching-hook 10 and are driven between the earth thrown out of the trench and the trench. One or more horses are secured to the outer end of the pull-bar on the other side of the trench and the scraper is adjusted by means of the position of the horses, so as to be drawn diagonally over the trench to be filled with the end of the scraper to which hook 10 is secured in advance of the other end and engaging the bank of earth, so that a portion of the same is forced along by the scraper and into the trench. When the end of the trench is reached, the attaching-hooks are removed from the web by unloosening pin 13 and the scraper is turned over. The horses are then turned around and the attaching-hooks again secured, and the scraper is adjusted in like manner as before to carry another portion of the bank of earth into the trench. The guiding and steadying frame is adjusted in this work so that the outer side thereof bears against the bank of earth, so as to prevent that end of the scraper from taking too deep a hold in the bank of earth. When the scraper is to be used as a land leveler or grader, it is not necessary to use the pull-bar and the same may be dispensed with. When used as a leveler, the steadying-frame is used for spilling the dirt at the desired points.

It will be observed that by my construction a simple and efficient scraper is provided by means of which dirt may be drawn into a trench from either side thereof, it being only necessary to adjust the position of the horses as they are driven along to cause the dirt to be taken from one or the other side ofthe trench and cause it to be deposited in the trench. It will also be observed that when the end of the trench is reached the horses can be quickly and easily turned around and the scraper adjusted to operate on the return travel. It will also be opserved that by my construction thehorses Which draw. the scraper can travel on both sides of the trench and that if the bank of earth to be filled into the trench is so close to the trench that there is not room for the horses to travel between the bank and the trench the scraper may be adjusted so that part of the horses may travel on one side of the trench and the others on the other side thereof and outside of the bank of earth provision being made for carrying the pull-bar over the top of the bank.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A scraper having a concave face and a steadying-frame secured at the back thereof; and attaching-hooks removably secured to the back thereof and projecting over the edge and downwardly in front of the face.

2. A scraper having a concave face; an adjustable steadying-frame secured to the back thereof; and attaching hooks removably secured to the back thereof and projecting over the edge and downwardly in front of the face.

3. A scraper having a concave face; an adjustable steadying-frame secured at the back thereof; attaching-hooks removably secured to the back thereof and projecting over the edge and downwardly in front of the face; and a pull-bar removably secured at one end to one of the attaching-hooks at the back thereof and intermediate its ends to the other attaching-hook at the front end thereof.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I 0 have hereunto subscribed my name this 8th day of May, 1906.

' BARZILLA R. WHEELER.

Witnesses:

G. E. HARPHAM; M. A. JONES. 

